writermag.com • The Writer | 43submission manager or regular mail. Prizes:
$1,500 first place and $500 honorable men-
tion in each category. Winners will also
receive publication. Deadline: See website.
Entry fee: $20. Contact: December, P.O. Box
16130, St. Louis, MO 63105. Email from web-
site. decembermag.org/december-awards
F DORIS BETTS FICTION PRIZE Submit
unpublished story up to 6,000 words via online
submission manager or regular mail. Open to
legal residents of North Carolina or members
of the North Carolina Writers’ Network and
North Carolina Literary Review subscribers
with North Carolina connections. Deadline:
Feb. 15. Entry fee: $20; $10 for subscribers or
members of the North Carolina Writers’ Net-
work. Prizes: $250 and publication in North
Carolina Literary Review. Contact: Ed South-
ern, NCLR, ECU Mailstop, 555 English,
Greenville, NC 27858-4353. Margaret Bauer,
editor. [email protected] ncwriters.org
P DORSET PRIZE Submit a previously
unpublished, full-length poetry manuscript.
No mandatory page count; 48 to 88 pages sug-
gested. Submit by online submission manager
or regular mail. Deadline: Dec. 31. Entry fee:
$30 per submission. Prizes: $3,000 plus publi-
cation by Tupelo Press, 20 copies of the win-
ning title, a week-long residency at MASS
MoCA, a book launch, and national distribu-
tion. Contact: Tupelo Press Dorset Prize, P.O.
Box 1767, North Adams, MA 01247. 413-664-
- [email protected]
tupelopress.org/dorset-prize
P DRINKING GOURD CHAPBOOK
POETRY PRIZE Awarded to poets of color
who have not previously published a book-
length volume of poetry. Submit 25-35 page
manuscript through regular mail. Deadline:
Dec. 31. Entry fee: $15. Prizes: $350, publica-
tion by Northwestern University Press, 15
copies of the book, and a featured reading.
Contact: Poetry and Poetics Colloquium,
Northwestern University Department of Eng-
lish, University Hall 215, 1897 Sheridan Rd.,
Evanston, IL 60208.
[email protected]
poetry.northwestern.edu/drinking-gourd-
chapbook-contest
P THE EDNA MEUDT MEMORIAL
AWARD AND FLORENCE KAHN
MEMORIAL AWARD Open to college
undergraduates only. Submit manuscript of
10 original, unpublished poems. Submit via
online submission portal; special requests for
alternative submission methods will be deter-
mined on a case-by-case basis. Deadline: Jan.- Entry fee: None. Prizes: Both winners
will receive $500, a $300 travel stipend for the
NFSPS Convention, chapbook publication,
and 75 copies of chapbook. Contact: College
Undergraduate Poetry Competition.
[email protected] nfsps.com/CUP.html
F ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD Offers
one grand prize for general excellence in addi-
tion to awards for thought-provoking books
and debut authors. Books must be from an
academic, small, or micro press or self-pub-
lished. Deadline: Jan. 21. Entry fee: $62.50.
Prizes: $2,000 grand prize. Contact: Hopewell
Publications, P.O. Box 11, Titusville, NJ 08560.
[email protected] hofferaward.comF THE FC2 RONALD SUKENICK INNO-
VATIVE FICTION CONTEST Seeks “fiction
considered by America’s largest publishers
too challenging, innovative, or heterodox for
the commercial milieu.” Submit a collection
of short stories, one or more novellas, or a
novel of any length. Works that have previ-
ously appeared in magazines or in antholo-
gies may be included. Translations and
previously published or self-published novels
and collections are not eligible. Electronic
submissions only. Deadline: See website.
Entry fee: $25. Prizes: $1,500 and publication
by FC2. Contact: University of Alabama
Press. Email from website. fc2.orgC FIRST EDITION CHILDREN’S BOOK
WRITING CONTEST Seeking submissions
of original, unpublished manuscripts appropri-
ate for infants through 5 year olds. Works must
be 600 words or less. Deadline: See website for
details. Entry fee: See website for details.
Prizes: The author of the winning manuscript
will have his or her book professionally illus-
trated, published, and promoted by Southwest
Human Development. $1,000 advance and 8%
royalties on book sales. Contact: SouthwestHuman Development, 2850 N. 24th St., Phoe-
nix, AZ 85008. 602- 808-4483. [email protected]
firsteditionproject.comN FOURTH GENRE STEINBERG ESSAY
PRIZE Seeks the best creative nonfiction essay
for annual prize. Max 6,000 words. Submit by
online submission portal. Deadline: March 15.
Entry fee: $20. Prizes: $1,000 and publication
in Fourth Genre. Contact: Fourth Genre Stein-
berg Essay Prize. msupress.org/journals/fgF P FREEFALL ANNUAL PROSE &
POETRY CONTEST Submit maximum
3,000 words of prose or five poems per entry.
Electronic and mailed entries accepted.
Deadline: April 30. Entry fee: $25 poems and
$10/page for prose (includes one year sub-
scription). Prizes: Publication in Freefall and
$500/$250/$75/$25 in both poetry and fiction
categories. Contact: FreeFall, 250 Maunsell
Close, NE Calgary, AB T2E 7C2.
[email protected]
freefallmagazine.caF N GEIST LITERAL LITERARY POST-
CARD STORY CONTEST Submit a post-
card with an original story up to 500 words
that relates to the image. Fiction or nonfiction
accepted. Submit by mail or online submis-
sion manager. Deadline: See website. Entry
fee: $20 for first entry; $5 each additional
entry. Includes 1-year subscription to Geist.
Prizes: $500/$250/$150 and publication in
Geist and online. Contact: Geist Literal Liter-
ary Postcard Story Contest, Suite 210, 111 W.
Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4, Can-
ada. 604-681-9161. [email protected]
geist.com/contests/postcard-contestF N P IOWA REVIEW AWARDS Submit
up to 25 pages of prose or 10 pages of poetry.
All manuscripts are considered for publica-
tion. Submit through online submission man-
ager only during the month of January.
Deadline: Jan. 31. Entry fee: $20. Prizes:
Winners receive $1,500. First runners-up
receive $750. Also includes publication. Con-
tact: The Iowa Review, 308 English-Philoso-
phy Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City,
IA 52242. 319-335-0462.
[email protected] iowareview.org